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1931ref. 18378New York: William Faro Inc. Very Good in Good dj. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. a nice clean copy with only minor shelfwear to book; the jacket has a triangular piece torn away at the top left corner of the rear panel and is modestly faded on the spine panel and along the left edge of the front panel. Valentino's utterly fascinating if utterly bogus memoir-from-beyond-the-grave presented in a series of thirty-four portentiously-titled "entries" e.g. "The Eleventh Entry." Purportedly ghost-written by Samuel Roth the book opens with the "Last Entry" Valentino's purported account of the sudden onset of his final fatal illness then proceeds into more or less standard autobiographical mode. There's a good deal about his romance with and marriage to Natascha or Natacha if you prefer Rambova nee Winifred Hudnut which is regarded by many Valentino fans as one of the more unfortunate choices-of-partner that he made during his short life and meteoric career -- although R.V. rebuts this view in The Twenty-Third Entry in which he addresses the rumors that she was controlling manipulative etc. According to dead Rudy she was "a woman of the highest culture with a sane and judicious mind and I know she is loyal to my interests and that she thoroughly knows motion pictures" and that he "would indeed be a fool" if he ignored her advice. Given how well she comes off in this account I don't think we can discount the possibility that Natascha herself might have been behind its publication. . William Faro, Inc. hardcover
1816ref. 15486Philadelphia: W. Dobson 1816. Old binding very worn with front cover and spine detached but present. Browning and moderate to heavy foxing throughout. A reading or reference copy only. Quite scarce. Half-Leather. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. W. Dobson Hardcover
1847ref. 18707Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union 1847. 72 pages; with a tissue-guarded woodcut frontispiece by Gilbert Guinon; and a few tailpiece illustrations following the chapters; mainly a Christian cautionary tale for youth concerning vanity and pride in matters other than spiritual text followed by a poem relating to the same; previous owner sentiment on endpaper; red cloth binding decoratively blindstamped and with gilt spine titles and gilt decoration; some edge tips wear soiling to binding; foxing throughout the pages of the book; good condition interesting floral and symbol interpretation sentiment history. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. American Sunday School Union Hardcover
ref. 38817n.p.: Published by Old Man Anonymous n.d. circa 194. Privately printed limited edition. Pages 109 pp.8vo. Burgundy colored cloth binding. Privately printed limited edition. No copies located by WorldCat. A collection of short stories or �fables� of Navy life and life in general during World War II set in New Zealand and the South Pacific May 1943-April 1944 England and the United Kingdom May 1944-July 1944 and France August 1944-May 1945. Inscribed and signed on the front free end paper possibly by the author. (n.p.): Published by Old Man Anonymous (n.d. circa 194?.) hardcover
1844ref. 46796Tappan And Dennet January 1844. Hardcover. Good. boards bumped and rubbed; endpapers browned; some light foxing otherwise good tight text Tappan And Dennet hardcover
1793ref. 935Suisse: De L'imprimerie Philosophique 1793. Hardcover. Near fine. A Lovely 1793 Printing of the Notorious Les Trois Imposteurs The most ubiquitous and influential of the clandestine philosophical manuscripts ANON Traité des trois Imposteurs A Treatise on the Three Imposters De L'imprimerie Philosophique En Suisse 1793. 1 blank leaf TP TP 3 168 i iii = Table des Matieres 1 blank leaf. 12mo. Later edition. NOTE: This edition contains the six notorious chapters along with three Appendices: "Sentimens sur le Traité des trois imposteurs" by B. de La Monnoye pp. 113 - 144; "Réponse à la dessertation de Mr. de La Monnoye sur le Traine des trois Imposteurs" signed J.L.R.L. and attributed to P.F. Arpe and to J. Rousset de Missy pp. 145 - 163 dated Janvier 1716; "Copie de l'article IX du tome ler seconde partie des Mémoires de littérature imprimes a la Haye ches Henry du Sauzet 1716 pp. 164 - 168. The publication history of this book has become something of a cottage industry for Enlightenment bibliographers. The authorship has been variously attributed to Lucas Faint-Glain Boulainvilliers Levier Vroesen Aymon and even to Baron dHolbach. Because of its heretical and blasphemous content Israel in Radical Enlightenment says on p. 695 that it surpasses infinitely in atheistical profanity even those works of Spinoza which are regarded as the most pernicious this text was long an underground affair never officially published showing up in slightly different hand-written versions and frequently seen incorporated with other texts. Its history is still confused by the fact that everyone involved with this work was so secretive an understandable position to take given the harsh penalties including death that could result from being associated with this text in any way. The first printed appearance the text seemed to have been just a part of a larger work La Vie et lEsprit de Spinosa which had a tinypress run in 1719 by a Dutch printer see Israel Radical Enlightenment 684 & 700. The text of Traite des trois Imposteurs was then excerpted and avidly copied by hand and circulated among the most radical free thinkers of Europe who frequently paid exorbitant prices just for the privilege of owning a copy. Beginning in 1768 printers became brave enough or government supervision lax enough that they actually began to print and surreptitiously sell various editions of the text. Offered here is a 1793 edition of this revolutionary and heretical work. The short treatise presents a direct assault on the three great monotheistic religions and challenges the integrity of their founding figures Moses Jesus and Muhammad claiming that these religions lack any substance whatsoever and owe their success in the world to the fear that underlies all of their basic assumptions and pronouncements. In contradistinction to these three frauds the text claims that Nature as the only god that is acting within the world. For more details and a scholarly discussion of this important work see Jonathan Israels Radical Enlightenment Oxford University Press Oxford 2001 especially pages 684-703. CONDITION: Very good to near fine in contemporary full leather gilt decorated spine with title in gilt to black panel. Mior cracking to hinges. Decorative endpapers. Former owners bookplate to verso of front endpaper. Small elegantly scripted annotations to the first page of the Reponse and Copie pages. A wonderful copy of this extraordinarily important text of the Radical Enlightenment. De L'imprimerie Philosophique hardcover
ref. 30246Quarto three pages of a four page bi-folium written neatly in ink on a pictorial letter-sheet depicting the View from Near the Ferry House U. S. Side at Niagra Falls small oil stain at lower right hand corner else in very good clean legible condition. Our knowledge both of Czech and consequently its orthography are non-existent the identity of the writer could probably be determined by someone without these constraints. The writer has evidently just returned to Europe from America via New York Havre and thence to Paris. He mentions and presumably describes some of the places he visited in America including Chicago Michigan including Huron Detroit and St. Clair Erie Buffalo Niagra Falls et cetera. An interesting and unusual letter recording a Czech traveler's experiences in America.
1618ref. 1001771618. In 's Graven-Haghe By Hillebrandt Iacobsz woonende aende Marckt. Anno 1618. 37pp. Unbound. unknown
ref. a56945Prag 1787 Johann Mangoldt. In German. 8vo. 181pp. original 3/4 leather with patterned papercovered boards and mounted leather spine label and raised bands. Good plus text clean with only light occasional spotting light to moderate wear on cover with two small chips on spine. Very scarce. hardcover
1917ref. 16169London: John Murray 1917. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. 16mo; pp; 117 i 6 colophon ads; illustrated with a line drawings; original printed pictorial stiff paper wrappers; spine worn but intact;. A pilot's memoir of life in a French observation squadron on the western front. He describes his experience "Compared with some Squadrons our work is pleasant." Though the author's experiences may have been "pleasant" they were not to be taken as typical of those of all pilots at the front states the introduction. A nice relic of WWI John Murray paperback
1970ref. 56625Boston MA 1970. Periodical. Vol. 1 No. 3 is one sheet 10-3/4x17 inches folded twice; Vol. 1 No. 4 is 17x18 inches folded twice; the others are one sheet 14x20 inches folded twice. VG. unknown
1842ref. 101007Glasgow: Printed for Richard Griffin and Company 1842. 1842. Fair. - Octavo 7-1/2 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide. Hardcover bound in the original black cloth titled in gilt on the spine with decorations in blind on the covers. Half-title engraved frontispiece title pages vii-xii and pages 1-360. Profusely illustrated with portraits of the subjects. The front cover endpaper half-title and frontispiece are detached. The title page is detached and a tear through the center of it has been repaired with clear document tape. The rear cover and pages 359/360 are detached. The corner of page 153 is torn without any loss of text. A fair complete copy. Exceedingly rare First edition printed by Robert Malcolm of Glasgow. The book was reprinted in 1845 with the title "Curiosities of Biography or Memoirs of Remarkable Men.: Illustrated by one hundred characteristic portraits". Apart from the title a page-by-page comparison of the two books shows them to be identical in content and even in pagination. The only difference to be found is the absence in the 1845 reprint of an engraving of Napoleon on page xii at the foot of the contents page. Although the 1845 edition has been represented by many sources as the first edition it is indeed a reprint of the rare 1842 edition. The work contains 131 separate biographies. Nearly 100 of these include portraits of the subjects. Among the biographies are Margaret Finch Queen of the Gypsies John Case celebrated quack doctor Logan the American Indian Chief Eugene Aram executed for murder Dolly of the Chop-House Lord Lovat executed for treason Maximilian Christopher Miller a Saxon Giant Old Harry a famous raree-show man John Gale born deaf and dumb Patie Birnie a famous fiddler of Kinghorn Thomas Topham the strong man La Maupin a French female singer and duellist Matthew Hopkins witch finder general Owen Farrel a celebrated Irish dwarf Henry Blacker famous English giant Jonathan Wild "cold-hearted villain" Jack Sheppard celebrated criminal Sarah Mapp a quack a "remarkable female bone-setter" Jacob Hall celebrated rope-dancer Mr. Andrews a famous billiard player Joseph Strong a remarkable blind mechanic Peter the Wild Boy O'Brien the Irish giant James Mackean "cold-blooded murderer" Claude Ambroise Seurat the living skeleton Daniel Dancer a "wretched miser" and Valentine Greatrakes "renowned in the annals of quackery". Glasgow: Printed for Richard Griffin and Company, 1842. hardcover
2021ref. 135585n.p.: Clinker Press The 2021. sewn cardstock binding. Clinker Press. 8vo. sewn cardstock binding. 4 pages. Printed at the Clinker Press for the NW Letterpress Network by Andre Chaves. A fine copy. Clinker Press, The unknown books
1946ref. 578511946. 8vo pp. not numbered. Paper wraps. Cover little soiled and slightly dog-eared and creased but a VG tight copy. unknown books
ref. 425668vo pp. not numbered. Brown cloth over boards stamped in black "recipes." Interior is blank pages filled with clippings of quilt patterns chrochet designs household tips etc. Hinges tender book stuffed except for a few pages. Good. Many of the projects esp. the crochet do not include directions but could probably be figured out by experienced crafters. unknown books
ref. 37337Meriden CT: Meriden Gravure. One of 600 copies. Large 8vo pages not numbered. An exact reproduction of the first type founder's specimen book issued in America photographed from the only known complete copy. The original was printed by Fry and Kammerer in 1809. About 100 illustrations including two fold-outs with prices. Paper over boards cloth spine. Printed for distribution to members of the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Cover little yellowed near edges o/w a nice copy. Meriden Gravure unknown books
1846ref. 31919Baltimore MD: Benteen 1846. Sheet music. 4to pp. 2. For one or two voices with piano or harp. Words in English and Italian. Was bound with other pieces a little foxing o/w VG. Benteen unknown books
1976ref. 54710Lenox MA 1976. 8vo pp. 98. Paper wraps spiral bound. Color illustration applied to front map on rear well worn. Cover slightly soiled and rear badly scuffed o/w VG. unknown books
1976ref. 42521Rochester NY: Joseph Harris Co 1976. 8vo pp. 32. Paper wraps. Cover little spotted and soiled o/w VG. Joseph Harris Co unknown books
ref. 48892NY: Andrews. Small broadside 6x9-1/2 inches with words to the song and a decorative border. Rather carelessly trimmed at edges slightly foxed and creased o/w VG. Andrews unknown books
1995ref. 53661Lincolnood IL: Publications International 1995. First printing. Square 4to pp. 128. Index. Illustrated. Pictorial paper over boards. Cover slightly scuffed o/w a nice copy. Publications International unknown books
1910ref. 386621910. 8vo pp. 464.Index. Appears to have been rebound with title and other front pages missing. Hinges tender cover very slightly cracked at ends of spine owner's bookplate on flyleaf o/w VG. unknown books
1926ref. 54667Springfirld MA: Dwight Clark Chapter No. 148 Order of the Eastern Star 1926. Large 8vo pp. 52. Paper wraps. Spine stapled and also tied with a cord. Cover soiled and little dog-eared o/w a VG tight copy. Recipes and lots of local advertisements. Dwight Clark Chapter No. 148, Order of the Eastern Star unknown books
1969ref. 421661969. Small 4to pp. 847. AR Department technical manual. Owner's name on flyleaf cover slightly worn at ends of spine. A VG tight copy in dj with somewhat soiled plastic cover. unknown books
1994ref. 53881Prime Time Promotions 1994. 8vo pp. 83. Index. Paper wraps spiral bound. About as new. Prime Time Promotions unknown books
